Why isn't Leonardo DiCaprio rated more highly in debates about the greatest actors of all time?

He easily passes all the criteria:
(1) won an Oscar for Best Actor, deserves at least 8-10 more
(2) did extremely difficult roles that no other actors could
(3) starred in films with other greatest actors
(4) starred in one of the highest grossing films of all time
(5) has a widely known legendary reputation... show more He easily passes all the criteria:
(1) won an Oscar for Best Actor, deserves at least 8-10 more
(2) did extremely difficult roles that no other actors could
(3) starred in films with other greatest actors
(4) starred in one of the highest grossing films of all time
(5) has a widely known legendary reputation throughout the world
(6) worked with some of the best directors and producers
(7) has starred in at least 10 films that deserve a Best Film Oscar.
(8) all of his roles are interesting and unique
(9) has no bad performance
(10) has at least 5 classics

He is easily number one on my all time actors list and I'm a movie enthusiast.

In 90 years of Academy Awards, only 42 actors ever have won more than one Oscar. Katherine Hepburn is the actor who has won the most, with just four. Daniel Day Lewis, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, and Walter Brennan are the only ones who have won three. Even Marlon Brando only won two. So, you thinking he deserves eight to 10, that's ridiculous.

Is Leonardo DiCaprio a good actor? Yes. And he has the Oscar to prove it. Greatest of all time, though? No. And don't be poo-pooing his not getting even a second Oscar, because only 36 actors in 90 years have won two Oscars.

By the way, if you haven't seen bad Leonardo DiCaprio performances, then you haven't watched J. Edgar, Total Eclipse, or Don's Plum (a movie in which his acting was so terrible he sued to try and keep it from being released)--and that's overlooking his early career suckage in Critters 3 and the TV show Growing Pains.

Simply put, as fine an actor as he's been since he was young, he has not had that many iconic roles that people immediately identify with him. When you speak of Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino or Daniel Day-Lewis, it's about their iconic roles or incredible acting ability.

Leonardo DiCaprio has had the same fortune as De Niro, he's had a great writer-director take him under his wing...Martin Scorsese. That can sometimes help or hurt your reputation as an actor. He is a great actor, but sometimes working with the same director can make your roles very similar to others under the same writer-director. He won his Oscar with a different writer and director.

I’m not really a fan of him. On paper he has a great resume but I’ve never been wowed by one of his performances. Whenever I watch him I’m always conscious that it’s Leonardo DiCaprio playing a role, whereas the very best actors can convince me that they really are that character.

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Why isn't Leonardo DiCaprio rated more highly in debates about the greatest actors of all time?

He easily passes all the criteria:
(1) won an Oscar for Best Actor, deserves at least 8-10 more
(2) did extremely difficult roles that no other actors could
(3) starred in films with other greatest actors
(4) starred in one of the highest grossing films of all time
(5) has a widely known legendary reputation throughout the world
(6) worked with some of the best directors and producers
(7) has starred in at least 10 films that deserve a Best Film Oscar.
(8) all of his roles are interesting and unique
(9) has no bad performance
(10) has at least 5 classics

He is easily number one on my all time actors list and I'm a movie enthusiast.